ABSTRACT

Human Development Index (HDI) is a measure of development that enables international comparison. Through the years, the index was developed until the present measure captures the interest on health, education and the standard of living that provides a more holistic view of the true concept of development. With the continuous strive in improving human lives, it is important to have a closer look on the human development in the sub-national level of a country though complexity increases due to the presence of geographical information. Considering the significance and the difficulty of determining more specific factors of HDI, this study used spatial regression analysis to identify indicators of HDI in the sub-national unit of the Philippines. As confirmed by Moran’s I, spatial dependence exists among the sub-national units in the estimation of HDI and suggested the use of spatial regression. The spatial error regression model was used to determine significant indicators while taking into account the effects of neighboring provinces through their error terms. Results revealed that the key to human development is to be focused in the immunization of children, survival rate in public elementary school children and poverty incidence. It is notable that the explanatory variables capture the dimensions of HDI such as education, health and standard of living. Keywords: Human development index, spatial regression, sub-national, dimension
Publication date: 01/08/20

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.8.4538